What Spanish classical pieces?

[james_tigerwoods]

I'm a fan of Spanish classical guitar - that finger picking playing is usually brilliant - however, I don't know what Composer or pieces to look out for - can PH recommend something that I'll like please?

Cheers

JTW

[GetCarter]

I'd start with the guitarists, not the composers. Check out Andres Segovia - he played most of the good and the great last century and many composers wrote specifically for him.

If you want to go more flamenco then Paco de Lucía is ya man.

HTH

[cartel]

GetCarter said:

Paco de Lucía is ya man.

The master

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9vNSA0WNlw

[ShadownINja]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHfPh5Ibsk

[james_tigerwoods]

GetCarter said:

I'd start with the guitarists, not the composers. Check out Andres Segovia - he played most of the good and the great last century and many composers wrote specifically for him.

If you want to go more flamenco then Paco de Lucía is ya man.

HTH

Thanks I'll look him up

ShadownINja said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHfPh5Ibsk

And that's the main piece I'm after - I just want more like it.

cartel said:

GetCarter said:

Paco de Lucía is ya man.

The master

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9vNSA0WNlw

That's outstanding finger work (fnar fnarrr)

[L2L]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLUpXAbMq0g

John Williams & Julian Bream with de Falla's Spanish Dance, love it.

[kiteless]

This is the latest 'tube clip from one of my favourite classical guitarists, Simon Dinnigan (also one of my favourite pieces of classical guitar music):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQWv_kdjSts

Another great tune is Memories of The Alhambra by Frencesco Tarrega. Fiendishly difficult to play, but here played effortlessly by Julian Bream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORPciHIQ9lA&fea...

Pretty much a Spanish guitar "standard", with a huge number of variations to match, is the Malaguena. Jose Feliciano on this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBmp20HYB3w&fea...

And. Ana Vidovic playing Asturias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7vOb7GNBg